Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

New white people, you can't scare these white people, I tried.

I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.

At the time, I was reading this Miles Davis book, and he was talking about coming to New York right after he was in high school. It kind of made me feel like, "Yeah." I didn't want to go to college; I wanted to do stand-up. And I figured, "What's the point of doing stand-up around DC? I'm always going to be under-appreciated there because I started there." I felt like I was strong enough and unique enough that I should give it a big leash to shine. New York was the best thing that ever happened to me as a comedian.

Weed's not as bad as everything else... 'cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain't crisp... but you'll function.